"Reach"
The shape of the tulip and the shadow of the window pane suggests a prisoner in a cell reaching for freedom, as a flower will reach for the light.

William CastellanaUSA

Honorable Mention

"Glove Study #5"
Glove Series

Dale M ReidCanada

Honorable Mention

"Oyster Mushroom"
This is a silver gelatin print. The picture was created in 2011. What inspired me was the detailed texture of the mushroom. If you look closely at the picture, what do you see………..a face.

"Summer Flower"
I wanted to create a more dramatic effect with this flower to bring out its strong features. They are so pretty and delicate, so creating a more graphic effect prompted me to use black and white. When I look at a flower I generally assess whether the final image with be in colour or black and white, and even though I shoot digitally I still process in the image (in my mind) with the old dark room techniques. I knew exactly how I was going to print this image – keeping the stamen in white, contrasting against the dark grey of the flower centre. I wanted to keep the petals light and delicate just as I had photographed them. The image is successful as the flower is almost ‘tutu’ like – the ballet dancer curtseying to the audience!

Brian MahanyUSA

Nominee

"crab 1"
1959 found object

Carlos Norberto Lanus OcampoArgentina

Nominee

"Flower of smoke"
Every flower has his form, on the other hand to the smoke we him find forms

Caroline TelferAustralia

Nominee

"Library Corner"
Old books and lamp in a corner of an old farmhouse in rural Western Australia. From the series "Forgotten Farmhouses".

"Parrot Tulip #2"
This is a silver gelatin print. The picture was created in 2011. What attracted me to the parrot tulip was the unique shape and the detail on the flower pedals. This shot was at full bloom and was taken close-up. In the darkroom, I had to balance the burning to bring out the detail and not to maintain the richness of the whites.

Dazeley .UK

Nominee

"X-Ray Fish"

Derek SeawardUK

Nominee

"Push"
Push

DIEPHOTODESIGNER Germany

Nominee

"C-LEG"
1C60 Triton/C-leg by Otto Bock GmbH

Edward GajdelCanada

Nominee

"Slice of Ham"
Personal series shot on T55 Polaroid exploring memory and meaning.

Eugenio OpitzHungary

Nominee

"Yagrumo leaf"
Henri Pittier National Park,Aragua state,Venezuela. The Henri Pittier National Park is the first national park of Venezuela.

Fabrizio IntontiItaly

Nominee

"Autumn"

Frank BrandwijkNetherlands

Nominee

"Sculpture III"
Lith print

Gary AnnettAustralia

Nominee

"Wine Glass Kaleidoscope"

Greg StroubeUSA

Nominee

"Dried Apple"

Gregory GeorgesUSA

Nominee

"Window Shopping for Romance"

Harold DavisUSA

Nominee

"Egg Slicer"

Harvey DuzeUSA

Nominee

"Flowers"
Flowers on tree in backyard of house

Henk van der StouwNetherlands

Nominee

"zucchino"

Holly StewartUSA

Nominee

"bowl"
glow from within

Ira KahnUSA

Nominee

"Buffalo Shroud"
Species orchid

Jackie WeisbergUSA

Nominee

"Signs of Life"
Plant life growing in the sand in Turks and Caicos

Jane RosemontUSA

Nominee

"Sea Urchin and Cat Whiskers"

Jason NicholsUSA

Nominee

"Form Over Function"
Toilet Paper

Jim ShoemakerUSA

Nominee

"Left in the Dust"
Kitchen setting in the ghost town of Bodie, California

Joanne UrbanUSA

Nominee

"Follow Me"

Jonathan PollockUK

Nominee

"Two"
Can two beautiful slender chrome forks be deemed sensual? I believe they can

Jonny ThompsonUK

Nominee

"Doctor's Surgery"
These are old medical instruments. I photographed them individually and reproduced them as lith prints. They work best as a set of six so I created the final piece with them all together. They each seem to have a different 'personality', some more long and elegant looking, some more stout and compact. All have a slightly macabre feel as you realise what they are for, the saw in particular.

Josh BlumentalUSA

Nominee

"Albino Kelp"

Juergen LechnerGermany

Nominee

"Rotten"
Camera Obscura 4x5" on Kodak T-Max 4x5", no editing

Leon van der FlierNetherlands

Nominee

"Sea Warrior"

Lopez Joyce P.USA

Nominee

"Favorites"
With the sad anniversary of 9/11 coming up, it remains an American historical bookmark of loss, courage, regeneration, erosion of personal security/privacy, and yes, these things can happen here… All images were taken in New York and Chicago 2001-2003.

Louis GaillardFrance

Nominee

"3 bouteilles"

Luca AscariItaly

Nominee

"The Form Of Common Objects #11"

Michael MalyszkoUSA

Nominee

"Bottles"

Michelle ChaplowSpain

Nominee

"Glam Games"
The black

Niccolo BiddauItaly

Nominee

"Untitled"
Industrial packaging for coatings and paints.

Nigel CassidyUK

Nominee

"Hymn board"

Nita and Wales Madden IIIUSA

Nominee

"Spanish Rowels"
spur display

Norimichi InoguchiUSA

Nominee

"Glass Tower"

Norman SoskelUSA

Nominee

"Trespiral Series"
After 500 photos of a slinky (trespiral), I was able to capture one I liked. I placed multiple images together to achieve this sinuous composite.

Paul CoghlinUK

Nominee

"PINK TULIP, STUDY IV"

Paul SwenUSA

Nominee

"Beijing Handle"

Peter Goadby-WattUK

Nominee

"Knocker"
Door knocker

Peter NitschGermany

Nominee

"Lotus - Charcoal"
Lotus - Charcoal

Peter WhyteAustralia

Nominee

"Tea"

R.D.Wayne HollowayAustralia

Nominee

"Asparagus on White"

R.D.Wayne HollowayAustralia

Nominee

"Hands Up"

R.D.Wayne HollowayAustralia

Nominee

"Pear 2"
There s something quite sensual about the shape of Pears.

Rasmus LinaaDenmark

Nominee

"1904"

Rodrigo TibyriçáBrazil

Nominee

"The next day"
This is a work about objects that I fond at the streets, trying to see some beauty on it.

Sacha IneichenSwitzerland

Nominee

"poppy"

Sean StuchenUSA

Nominee

"INTROSPECTION"

Simon BrownUK

Nominee

"Whisks No: 06"
Shot in North Light at Willoughby House on Polaroid Type 55

Tatyana BessmertnayaUSA

Nominee

"Artichikes"

thibault jeansonFrance

Nominee

"night creature"
leaves in B&W

Tina ThuellUSA

Nominee

"Bloom"

William CastellanaUSA

Nominee

"Twenty Dollars"

{c} OWENUSA

Nominee

"Elephant Trophy 2010"
Photograph from Trophies project. The photographs explore the existence of creatures killed for show. I capture their tragic story of innocence, anger, and fear through the expressions forced upon them by taxidermists and then modified by the lens. The animals emerge from a large black void that symbolizes death and forces us to imagine their missing bodies. I give them back their power through the photographs by choice of harsh, dramatic lighting. Within each photograph, the animals seem to speak to us; some are vengeful, threatening, angry, innocent, yet other are majestic and even calm.